Feature Archive Thomas Hoving's personal choice of the Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization      A note about navigation: all external links open in a new window, and many of these spawn a second window if you click to enlarge an item. The Twentieth Century   Artist      Title of Work      Date      Medium Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Museum of Modern Art, New York 1907 painting George Bellows North River Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia 1908 painting Paul Klee The Twittering Machine Museum of Modern Art, New York 1922 painting Constantin Brancusi Bird in Space Museum of Modern Art, New York 1928 sculpture Edward Hopper Early Sunday Morning Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1930 painting Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory Museum of Modern Art, New York 1931 painting Balthus The Street Museum of Modern Art, New York 1933 painting Jackson Pollock Blue Poles National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 1952 painting Henri Matisse The Swimming Pool Museum of Modern Art, New York 1952 mural Robert Rauschenberg Bed Museum of Modern Art, New York 1955 painting Jay DeFeo The Rose Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1958-66 painting Jump to: • Ancient Art Through the Classical Era • The Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance • The High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance • The Baroque and Rococo Eras • The Nineteenth Century • The Twentieth Century